Legal Opinion
Gruca v. Alpha Therapeutic Corp.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided September 3, 1998No. 86 C 7623PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
GOTTSCHALL, District Judge.
In her Fifth Amended Complaint, plaintiff Peggy Gruca seeks to add a new defendant, The Green Cross Corporation (“Green Cross”). Green Cross has made a limited appearance to move to dismiss the Fifth Amended Complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction. For the reasons set forth below, the motion is granted.
BACKGROUND 1
Gruca filed this action on behalf of herself, her two minor children, and the estate of her late husband, Stephen Poole against four defendants. Poole was a hemophiliac with a severe deficiency of Factor VIII in his plasma.…
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